copper cent and half-cent pieces
The first coins made by the US Mint was in 1793.
The US Mint officially began producing coins in 1793.
US coins were first struck by the US mint located at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1793.
The first US cent issued by the United States Mint was the Large Cent in 1793.
copper cent and half-cent pieces
The first US "penny's" were struck at the Philadelphia Mint in 1793.
First authorized by the Coinage Act of 1792 on April 2, 1792,[ 1] the coin was produced in the United States from 1793 to 1857.
The first coins made by the US Mint was in 1793.
The US Mint officially began producing coins in 1793.
Half Cents were produced by the US Mint from 1793 through 1857.
The first Philadelphia Mint building was constructed during the summer and fall of 1792, and began producing coins in 1793.
The current Lincoln penny was first produced in 1909. The first penny produced by the United States Mint was produced in 1793. The Continental Congress authorized the production of what is now referred to as the "Fugio Cent" in 1787, so that is arguably the first US penny. Prior to that point, individual states issued their own coins, including pennies.
US coins were first struck by the US mint located at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1793.
In the United States the 1793 large cent is considered to be the first official coin produced by the United States Mint for circulation. There are however several coins produced by the US Govt and released in limited amounts into circulation justpriorto these large cents and were used as legal tender. However the large cent is the first coin issued under the authority of the Mint Act andthereforis technically the first.
The first US cent issued by the United States Mint was the Large Cent in 1793.
Two things. First, the first U.S. dimes weren't minted until 1796. Second, there was no mint mark on any coinage that early because at the time there was only one mint, in Philadelphia.